Cover-fastener.



B. F. FORD.

COVER FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 11:11.12, 1912.

1,073,482; Patented sept. 16, 1913.

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BENJAMIN F. FORD, OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

COVER-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Application filed February 12, 1912. Serial No. 676,936.

To all fr0/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Fenu, Company H, Twenty-titth UnitedStates infantry, a citizen oit the United States, stationed at FortGeorge lNright, Spokane, in the county ot Spokane. and State et Viaslnil'igton, have invented certain new and usetul improvements inCover-Fasteners; and l do hereby declare the -following to he a tull,clear, and exact description of the. invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesaine.

This invention relates te combined seats and receptacles, especiallyseats in coaches et' passenger' trains and wherein a receptacle islocked and guarded through the oecupancy et the seat by the passenger.

rlhe invention has tor a further object the productitm ot such a devicewhich will be simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive toinstall.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the noveldetails et construction and combinations ot parts .more Yt'ullyhereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the elaim.

Referring to the accomi'ianying drawings :toi-ming a part et' thisspecification in which like :numerals desigiiate the same parts in allthe views: Figure l is a persi'ieetive view ot a car seat with myinvention applied; Fig. 2, a perspective view et a car seat, with theupper part raised to more clearly show my invention; and Fig. is a tragmentary section view taken on the lines 8-3 oi Fig. l, showing myimproved locking mechanism and partitioning arrangement.

1 represents any suitable coach seat in a railway car hingedly connectedto a section 2 that is supported in the usual manner by the supports 3and 4t. The section 2 provides a receptacle 5 in which the passenger mayput any articles 'for sat'e keeping. At the present ltime there is greatinconvenience to the passenger in being unable to put certain travelingarticles on the scat by his side, and in the event et' placing sucharticles on the rack overhead results many times in the falling andinjury to the passenger. In the present instance, a suit-case is shownas stored within this receptacle 5.

The body portion et the seat 1 and section 2 may be locked by anysuitable means, but; in the present invention l have shown a collar 7with tbe 'Female threads 8 which receive the threads t) otE the key it).then the key fl() is inserted it strikes a resilient latch A1l, in whichis toi-med the squared recess l2, tor engaging with a lug 13 locatedupon the body portion oit the seat l, and thereby disengages the squaredrecess t9. trom the lug AlI-l. thus pushing the latch ll into the dottedline position, as shown in l? ig. 8. rl.. bowed spring' lfl- Yfastenedby a set screw l5 to the latch ll and section 2 tends to return thelrecess 12 to hold the latch ll in engaging position to lock the seat. lto the section 2 when the key l() is witlalrawn.

It. is theretore evident that Vthose skilled in the art may vary thedetails ot construction and tb arrangement ot parts without departingfrom the spirit. ot my invention.

ln a 'fastener tor hinguged receptacle lids, the combination olf asquare lng projecting from the inner t'aee oti the front wall oi thelid; a cooperating latch carried by the ree ceptacle portion andcomprising a piece of resilient material having a square recess toi-medtherein in in'oximity to the upper end thereot and a detiected endportion above the recess, said deflected portion adapted te be engagedby said lug and move said latch inwardly until the lug enters therecess: a relatively short bow spring `for normally tending to hold thelatch in engagement with the lug; a screw passing through said springand latch in proximity to the lower ends thereof, and threaded into thefront wall oi the receptacle; and means :tor releasing said latch, saidmeans con'iprising an interior-ly threznled collar fitted in the 'irontwall ot the receptacle, and a headed key having a threaded end portionengaging with the threads in said collar and adapted to be screwedinwardly to engage said latch to move the same to disengage said lug.

in testimony whereo't, l atlix my signature, in presence oit twowitnesses.

'BENJAMIN F. FORD.

lrVitnesses A. Gr. METZ, Cuantas Caen,

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'tllashingtonl D. C.

